Butter-press



A siren STATES PATENT Ormes.

NATHAN S. LONG, OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO.

BUTTER-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,356, dated September 21, 1880.

Application filed February 18, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN S. LONG, of Marysville, Union county, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Butter-Presses, ot' which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of the same.

Figure l is a central" vertical section of a butter -press containing my improvements. The other figures, from 2 to 6 inclusive, are detailed views of detached parts, hereinafter described. My invention relates to a butter-press for which Letters Patent of the United States No. 205,109 were granted to me J une 18, 1878, and it consists in the improvements thereon herein described and claimed.

In general, the press consists of a box, A, mounted upon a table, A', within which box a presser-block, B, is made to Vrise and fall by a screw, O, caused, by suitable mechanism, to rotate in a bearing in the bottom of the box, and working in a nut, a, iixed in the block. On the block is placed aplate, D, upon which is placed the butter to be pressed into the desired form. The cover E of the box is secured down over the plate mentioned, and the butter is pressed between the plate and the cover by ruiming up the block 011 the screw.

In the patent above referred to a device is provided for cutting` the mass of pressed butter into blocks, consisting` of a frame having wires or blades stretched across it, thsframe being arranged within the box so that, by the downward movement of the frame, the wires or blades are made to pass through the mass of the butter, cuttingit into the desired blocks or cubes, orI otherwise 5 but I nd -that the workin g of this device, as arranged in the m achine described in said patent, is attended with some inconvenience, which it is the object of the presentimprovements to obviate. I will proceed to describe these improvements.`

Instead of having the plate D lie loose upon the block B, I attach it to the block, so that it mustl necessarily move downward as well as upward with it, and yet permit the plate to be readily detached from the block at pleasure. This I accomplish by means of a dovetail rib, l), secured on the upper face of the block B, and arcorrespondin g groove, c, in the bottom movement, to be placed upon and removed from if the block at pleasure, the rib sliding in and out of the groove, as the case may be. With this device it is evident the plate D is secured to the block B so that both must move together, while the plate may be readily removed from the block. The cutting-frame F, provided with its cross-wires e, instead of being placed within the box, I now arrange to move up and down upon rodsj', secured in the table A', by the side of the boxl A. Upon the table, under-the said frame, I secure another dovetail rib, b', like b, made to lit into the groove c of the plate D. After the butter is pressed in the box A, the cover E being raised, the block B is run up, and the plate D, with the butter ou it, is def tached from the block and placed on the table, under the frame F, it being laid upon the face of the table at one side and slid to its place, the rib b' fitting into the groove c.

g is a stop-block, secured upon the table, into contact with which the plate D is pushed in adjusting it under the cuttingframe F. The said frame rests upon spiral springs 7L, placed ou the rods f. The plate holding the pressed butter being adjusted inplace under the frame F, as described, the frame is pressed down, compressing the springs, causing the wires to pass through the butter, and cutting it into blocks. The recoil of the springs, the pressure being removed, will raise the frame to its first position, when the plate D may be withdrawn and the butter removed from the plate.

A small groove, i, may be made in the upper face of the plate D to receive the lower one of the cross-wires, thus permitting the upper wire to pass entirely through the butter and into contact with the face of the plate. l

It is important that the wires f should be kept taut. To this end I secure each wire in iron heads 7c 7c', that pass through opposite sides of a frame, F. The head lo has a flange on its outer end and a hole drilled longitudinally through it. The wire, having a small loop formed on one end, is passed throughlthe head with the looped end outward. The head IOO k has a recess, l, formed in its side and ahole drilled through from its inner end into this recess. The wire is then passed through this hole, the end coming out in the recess. A small loop is then formed on this end, also ol the Wire, which, when formed, lies within the recess, leaving the body ot' the head free to slide in and out of the hole through the traine in which it is placed. A screw-thread, m, is formed on the outer end of the head k', that is provided with a nut, n. By these means the Wires may at pleasure be readily put in place and removed and ti ghtened'at pleasure.

The machine above described 1nay,of course, be used for pressing1 and cutting not merely vbutter but also soa) or an other analogous substance.

What I claim as 1n yinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The plate D, provided with thc groove o, the table Af, provided with the rib Z1, stop-block g, and posts f, on which are placed the springs h, and the frame F, provided with the Wires e, all constructed and combined to operate as and for the purpose described.

2. The device for holding and straining the wires c, consisting of the head k, provided with a flange and a hole longitudinally through it, through which passes one end of the wire, and the head k', provided with a screw-thread, m, and nut/12, 011 its outer end, a recess, l, and a hole drilled through from the opposite or inner end into said recess, through which passes the end of the wire, provided With a loop that lies Within said recess, all as andtor the purpose described.

4NATHAN S. LONG.

Witnesses JAMES W. HOPKINS, LEoNiDAs PIPER. 

